Non-refillable bottle.



F. B. Loam, NQN-REPILLABLB BOTTLE;

APPLIQA'I'ION FILED JUNE 9, 1909.

963,302, I Patented July5-,1910.

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FRANK B. LOCKE, OF SHARPSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD 'I'O.I-IARRY E. LOCKE, OF SHARPSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I FRANK B. Loonn, citizen of the United States,residing at Sharpsville, in the county of Mercer and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nonrefillable bottles and has for its objecttoprovide a comparatively simple and ineXepensive bottle of thischaracter, the construction of which is such as positively to prevent anunauthorized person from fraudulently refilling the same with aninferior grade of goods to that originally contained in the bottle.

A further object of the invention is generally to improve this class ofdevices so as to increase their utility, durability, and efficiency, aswell as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes, in form, proportions, andminor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription, and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a non-refillable bottleconstructed in accord ance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the bottle in vertical position to permit the discharge of thecontents thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the casing detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved bottle forming the subject matter of the present invention,comprises a body portion 5 having a tapered neck 6, the interior wallsof which are formed with a valve seat 7, preferably disposed at thejuncture of the neck with the body portion, as shown. Seated in the neckof the bottle, is a correspondingly shaped tubular casing 8 having itsupper end provided with a laterally extending fiange 9 adapted tooverhang and bear against the top of the neck 6 when Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed June 9, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910. Serial No. 501,206.

the casing is positioned therein, there being a gasket 10 formed ofcork, rubber, or other yieldable material surrounding the tubular memberat the flange 9 and adapted to bear against an annular shoulder 11 inthe neck of the bottle, thereby to prevent leakage.

The lower end of the tubular casing 8 is reduced at 12 and provided witha plurality of transverse perforations 13 preferably inclined downwardlyand through which the liquid in the bottle is discharged when the latteris inverted.

Disposed beneath the perforated end of the tubular member 8, is a ballvalve 141: preferably formed of glass or other heavy material and whichnormally engages the seat 7 so as to prevent an unauthorized person fromintroducing liquid into the interior of the bottle when the stopper 15is removed and the bottle is placed in upright or normal position.

As a means for locking the tubular casing 8 within the neck of thebottle, there is provided a U-shaped spring member 16 preferably formedof wire and having its intermediate portion extending through atransverse opening in the reduced portion 12 of the casing 8 and itsopposite ends extended upwardly within seating grooves or kerfs 17formed in the exterior walls of the casing 8 and its terminals bentlaterally to produce looking lips 18 adapted to enter suitable socketsor depressions 19 formed in the neck of the bottle beneath the shoulder11.

The upper end of the tubular member 8 is reduced to form a verticallydisposed nipple 20 adapted to receive the stopper 15, the free end ofthe nipple being provided with an annular bead 21 which engages thecrimped edge of a metallic cap 22. If desired, however, the cap 22 maybe dispensed with, and said cork retained within the nipple 21 by abinding wire or by placing a small quantity of wax or other adhesivematerial over the top of the cork.

Attention is here called to the fact that by inclining the openings 13downwardly in the direction of the valve, a person is effectuallyprevented from surreptitiously introducing a hook, wire, or othersuitable tool within the neck of the bottle and through the openings inthe tubular casing in an attempt to unseat the valve and refill thebottle.

Thus it will be seen that by removing the cap 22 and stopper 15 andsubsequently in verting the bottle, the valve 1st will unseat itself,thus permitting the liquid in the bottle to flow through the openings 13and tubular casing 8 into a glass or other suitable receptacle designedto receive the same. WVhen the bottle is returned to normal or uprightposition, the valve will automatically seat itself and thus prevent anunauthorized person from introducing liquid through the valve seat in anattempt to fraudulently refill the bottle.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A 1101115fill2ll)l6 bottle having a tapered neck provided with a valveseat and having its interior wall at the upper end cut-away to form anannular shoulder, a tapered tubular casing seated in the neck of thebottle and having its lower end reduced and provided with a series ofperforations inclined downwardly in the direction of the bottom of thebottle, there being a transverse opening formed in the reduced extensionof the casing and a vertically disposed seating groove formed in theexterior walls thereof,

a U-shaped wire, having its intermediate portion extending through thetransverse opening of the casing and its opposite ends extendingupwardly Within the seating groove and provided with terminal lips forengagement with the depressions in the walls of the neck of the bottle,a valve engaging the seat, the upper end of the tubular member beingprovided with an integral nipple having a laterally extending flange forengagement with the top of the neck, a yieldable packin ring disposedbeneath the flange of the nipple and engaging the shoulder in the neckof the bottle, a stopper seated in the nipple, and a metallic cap havinga crimped edge engaging the free end of said nipple and forming ahousing for the stopper.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK B. LOCKE.

